Skipping verses because they make us uncomfortable and we aren’t sure how to deal with them is another issue of concern. Connect with me in Pinterest and I’ll add you to the community board to see more sample maps: VERSE_MAPPING.

Document what you’ve learned in a 1-2 sentence summary of the mapping journey, making it the anchor to your life application. One day you might have 10 minutes to devote to your verse mapping and another day you might have an hour. I began to feel convicted of telling them whatever they wanted to do was fine because there wasn’t a wrong way to verse map. This allows you to stick with a verse doing a little here and a little there without having to complete a map in one sitting.

I even taped in homemade tabs for each of the Bible books—my own version of speeding up my verse mapping study time! Wherever you choose to connect, the point is, we're verse mapping through our days and finding inspiration in the Word— and doing it together! Developed by Biblica, formerly the International Bible Society, the New International Version is the result of years of work by the Committee on Bible Translation, overseeing the efforts of many contributing scholars. OUTCOME— Document what you’ve learned in a 1-2 sentence summary of the mapping journey, making it the anchor to life application.

My hope and prayer is that your relationship with God will deepen as you move toward him through the study of his Word. Using a unique system designed by author and ministry leader Kristy Cambron, girls will compare Bible translations, pick out meaningful words, and explore Hebrew or Greek word definitions. My favorite App is Bible Hub and my favorite concordance is Strong’s Expanded Exhaustive Concordance. Take your chosen passage and turn it into a prayer asking God to help you apply what you have learned.

The NIV Bible for Journalling and Verse-Mapping is a beautifully presented Bible for you to treasure. You’ll follow the same steps for every verse you want to study and it works for 1 verse or an entire passage of scripture. It’s a little clunky at first, but once you get the hang of it, I think it has the potential to be a really fruitful approach to studying the Bible. Next, start reading through your list to help you see how each keyword it was used and what it meant in different parts of scripture. Knock down the barriers of not knowing as much as you’d like or of carving out time in your schedule by taking that first step.

I have discovered other methods that have also helped me - they are all good - just a matter of preference. Nowhere does the Word say that you have to set aside an hour every day to study so does it really matter how long your study takes? On rare occasions we may not be able to fit your full name and may contact you for alternative options. That Bible has been in my possession for only seven years, but it’s well on the way to answering that first prayer I had the day I walked into Bible study: I wanted God’s Word to be well-traveled in me. It’s prob my own fault for not confirming sizing, but it seems like the way the case is shaped, and how the zipper sewn in, has made it so I can’t fit the covers of my bible in the cover holders.So when I decided to pursue Bible study in a group, I walked into a church building with more than a few barriers to overcome. Also maps and timelines are also helpful when you are studying the background and historical context.